Improvement in clamps for ironing-boards



H. BUSCH.

Clamps for Irpnng-Boards. N0.l5l,350, PatentedMay 26,1874.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEErcE.

HENRY BOSCH, OF NEIVARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TOGEO. H. BOSCH, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLAMPS FOR lRONlNG-BOARDS.`

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 151,350, dated May 26,1874 application Iled March 14, 1874.

To all whom lit may concern Be it known that I, HENRY BOSCH, of the cityof Newark, in the county of Essex and Statev ot' New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Clamp forIroning-Boards; and I do hereby declare the following` to be a full,clear7 and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it,reference being had to the accoxiipanying' drawings, which form part 0fthis speciiication.

This invention has for its object the securing; of one end ot anironing-board to the back ot' a chair, while the opposite end rests upona table or other suitable support.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of thesame.

The invention consists iu the construction oi a suitable clamping`device adapted to be adjusted upon and secured tothe back of a chair,and provided with suitable adjustable jaws for the reception of the endof the ironin g-board, to hold it in position while it is being` usedfor ironing.

The clamping` device may be constructed as follows: A crooked bar, A,say, twelve inches long, having its ends B B projecting` downward, say,one inch and a half, and provided, also, with a downward projection, O,in the center, in which is a thumb-screw, D, the whole constructed andadapted to be clamped to the back ot an ordinary chair, and held inposition bythe projections B and the thumb-screw D, as shown. The bar Ais also provided with arms E, one at each end, to which is pivotedadjustable jaws F, adapted to receive the end ofthe ironing-board andretain itin position, being clamped thereto bymeans of the thumb-screwsG, as shown.

In connection with the clamping device is au iron-stand, H, adapted tobe attached thereto or to stand upon the table separate therefrom, asmay be desired, the bar A being provided with suitable hooks z' i, forthe purpose of holding the iron-stand H in proper position, said standbeing provided with slots jj for the rceeption of said hooks, all asshown.

The whole device may be constructed very cheaply by being cast.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A clamping device for an ironingboard, adapted to be adjusted uponand secured to the back of an ordinary chair, and provided with suitableadjustable jaws for the reception of the end of the ironing-board, tohold it in position, as set forth.

2. In combination with a clamping` device for ironing-boards, aniron-stand on which to set the iron, adapted to be adjusted thereon,substantially as set forth and shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing` I have hereunto set my handthis 11th day of March, 1874.

Witnesses:

OLIVER DRAKE, ARTHUR DEVINE.

HENRY BOSCH.

